The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-08 00:00:00

31 . R. ALFRED 'MELLON'S CONCER TS EVERY EVENING, at Eight. 11,OYA.L rrA.LIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. Didlle. C. Patti, Madame Parepa, and Mdlle. Krebs ; Mr. I.4evy, Mr. Patey, and M. Arban. The Faust Selection ; the 'Pastoral Symphony. Orchestra of One Hundred Performers, and the Band of the Coldstream Guards. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Boxe Amphitheatre, Ond ne Shilling ; Dress Circle , 2s. ed. ; Private s, £1 is. a 20s. ed. the VERDI NIGHT will be re- To-mo rrow (FRIDAY), peat:A. On Saturday next, VOLUNTEER NIGHT ; San tle y . On Thursday next, a SPOHR NIGHT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE-. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rairerty, Mr. Dominick Murray After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. 'Vining', J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. FGrre.ter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma nne. 13at nett, and Miss Gwy ADELP L-- NEW THEATRE-R 0 YAL, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S MAID. Mr. J. L. Toole and Slrs. Alfied Mellon. Atter which, THE HEN AND CHICKENS. Messrs. Bil- Dogton, Phillips, Eburne; Mrs. Stiving„ Miss H. Simms. Followed by A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, and Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with THE ACTOR'S RETREAT. Messrs. j. L. Toole, P. Bedford, It. Phillips, and Miss WOolgar. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S TH.E.ATI3.E. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY. This popular Theatre will OPEN for the Winter Season on MONDAY, Sept.l2, with (second t i m e) 31 of r. ArthurHOW WILL 's hi g hly-Successful and original Co Bernard's GET OUT OF IT, and F. C. Bernard's Laughable T Travestie of FAUST AND MARG UERITE. Those cele brated artists Mr. and Mrs. har es Mathews are re - engaged. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. 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Tins DA:.—Morning, sh. 5S n.—Afternoon, Oh. 13m. 10-golutow.-Moniing, 6h. 40m.—Afternoon, 7h. 10m. leka, - t • LOXDON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1861. "It is not linen you're wearing out, But human crea.ure'© It is well known that there is no grea+er mistake of its kind than en over-haste to get rich. From the days of the Psalmist, when he uttered the pro phetic warning that " It is but lost labour that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness," we have been witnessing the truth of this sage advice. Many men have sacri ficed their health, and not a few sink into un timely graves, in consequence of the fatal tenacity with w hi c h they clung to their engagements, and devoted themselves to the pursuit of gain. Sad as it is to mark the havoc thus caused by t h e over zeal and undue efforts of independent individuals, it is ten t i mes mor e dreadful to notic e the misery brought upon th ose who work for others b y the want of care and the absence of caution th at attend pronounced against the doom their ways. It wa s the first man that he should labour for his m Et i. ote . nance, but in the curse was contained a blessing. It has truly been said that Work was the boon which GOD vouchsafed to our first parent when he turned him out of Paradise, and the five them. and years that have passed sicce have given dis appointment no b etter reme dy." This is true ; for it may often be noticed that those whose position exempts them from the active and immediate necess laity for exertion sink under the trials that others of humbler circumstances are enabled to surmount. To be of service, however, work must be confined within due limits. No toil that is too much pro longed, or conducted under trying circumstances, can be otherwise than injurious to the health, and b y depressing the system must in the end defeat its own object. It is a scandal to our community.that Use wealth which makes the cou n t ry the emporium of the world is, in some measure, the cau se o f the evil. It is a cruel thing to trade on the strength and spirits of the poor ; their health is their capia tal, and when that is expended they are forlorn indeed. The evil results of over-work have been sketched by a master-hand, and the words so for cibly uttered, in a burst of honest indignation, are still familiar in our ears, though for many a year he who penned them has been called away from this scene— May it nut be slid that row is the ac cepted time, and that they who neglect the opportunity and disregard the warnings SO plentifully given to them will have much to answer for when the day of final reckoning comes. It is, at all events, desirable from time to time to call attention to the subject, for the sake of those who may be ignorant of the extent and nature of the evils that surround the unhappy beings who, in fulfilling their heritage of toil, are imbibing the seeds of disease and sinking into premature graves or dragging on wretched lives, The reports of the medical officers of the Privy Council furnish a world of subjects which earnestly call for attention and demand consideration. Many who call it ex• aggerated fancy and mistaken kindness to make such a fuss about operatives and such like conceal:ls may find out for themselves the due importance of the subject. It is from the evidence of the,se well qualified to form an opinion that the best, notion can be gained, and all qualified to be 'ledges are unanimous in their condemnation of much that goes on under the name of necessary employ. ment ; and the deleterious systems prevailing in places where the struggle for daily bread is also rendered a race for an early grave or a competi tion for the wards of a hospital or the interior of a workhouse. The milliners suffer greatly from the ' want of ventilation in the rooms where they pursue their employments, and this militates considerably against their health. It seems strange that, so few attempts should be made to legislate upon this matter. The only real cure and effectual remedy will be to make it an offence against the law of the land to employ young persons more than a certain number of hours per diem, and to institute inquiries as to the state of the sanitary condition of the places appropriated to work. It cannot be impossible to do this, and no secondary causes should be allowed to stand in the way, for impera tive necessity calls loudly for interference. When life is in the balance it is high time that the absurd conventionalities of custom be done away with, and that prejudice and private interests should be made to give way to the claims of justice and the dictates of humanity. The fashionable milliners who periodically amass immense fortunes can well contrive some other mode of conducting their business, and they seem to find out a remedy if they are obliged to do so. The journeymen tailors also suffer greatly from the neglect of mini. tory arrangements in their occupations, and their case calls loudly for amelioration of some kind or other. It is of no use for indignant parties to con. tradict these statements, and, indeed, there are proofs to the contrary of their assertions that will not be put aside. The mortality among the class is fearfalcto contemplate, as many as nearly double of the agricultural class being carried off in middle life. The close state of the rooms in which they labour is so bad that all comfort is destroyed, and the wretched occupant, while he struggles for his maintenance and the support of his family, is injur ing his health, undermining his constitution, and inviting the attendance of the thousand ills that flesh is heir to. The painful family of death more hideous than their Queen, are the ministering spirits of our workrooms, and implant their blighting influences and spread their deadly snares around the unsuspicious and hard working artizan, who plies his toil in the vain delusion that he is doing his best for himself and those dear to him. It must be:considered that they which urge this subject upon the attention of the Legislature do not labour with out a cause, they fight not as they who beat the air. They put before the responsible agents of society the evils of a system that make the emporiums of labour the nurseries for foul :disease to ger minate, and the charnel-houses where spirit and strength are the prey of consuming languor. How long will indifference be manifested upon these all-important topics, how long will the Priceless daughters of fashion and the greedy sons of com merce pursue their way, in the knowledge that their garments have been made by those who sewed with a double thread, a shroud for themselves as well as apparel of beauty and elegance for more favoured fellow-mortals. It is an awful thing to reflect upon 1 that our vaunted civilisation tolerates such attro -1 cities, and in some measure creates them. We know that if we speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity, it shall not profit us ; what, then, can be the lot of those who fail in rendering the first principles of justice. The workers of our community have a right to protection, and a claim on the care of the authorities of the State, that their hours of toil should not be overdone, their places of resort rendered as wholesome as possible, and their condition rendered as comfortable as is consistent with the right performance of their tasks. Laborare est orare is a beautiful saying, but the work that injures by undue pressure can never profit or prosper, it will be a curse to those who toil, and a reproach to those who traffic in such barter, and when the voice of suffering and oppressed humanity calls aloud for redress and remedy, it must not be that such claims are unheeded. If the present generation needed any proof of the advantages of Free Trade, it would be abundantly afforded by the condition of Chinese finance. The throwing open of the treaty ports has produced a most striking Effect, and the returns of the import and export trade under foreign flags, just forwarded to this country by Sir F. BRUCE, exceeds the most sanguine anticipations. The import trade, which, according to this report, was in 1860 41,000,000 taels, or about thirteen millions of our money, had increased in 1863 to 81,000,000 taels, or about twenty-seven millions sterling. This surprising change, it will be seen, took place in two years, but it is explained by the fact that 1860 was the last year before the opening of the Northern ports and of the Yangtze river, which is so important an element in Chinese commerce. The application of steam to navigation has proved of the highest vatae in navigating this river, since the violence of the winds and the currents were previously great ob structions. The foremost nation of the world is thus indebted to the skill and science of the outer barbarians for the free use of their own river. It is a noticeable fact that the Chinese themselves share largely in the increased trade, and a consider able proportion of the goods carried up Paid down the Yangtze aredesigned for home cansumption. The central pr ov i nces of the empire a - Je thus enabled to find a marketfor their produce "rditholit the tedious and costly circuit they h ave h • it,nerto been compelled to make. Au unnecessaril7 lengthened journey is h iY e exactions '..4 the officials are extortionat e to be regrett ed and avoided in China, w es h p e e r c e ia t l an d oppressive. The exports of Shanghae itself have suffered irom the raids of the insurgents who ravaged the silk districts, and either carried off the labouring population or drove them away through fright. The rebellion is now so far extinguished, or at, least subdued, that we may reasonably hope that another will show a favourable alteration in this Particular, since our own merchants must neces sarily suffer as well as the Chinese. This fact con. firms the j ustice STON'S resolution taonpdrpotreociatrti h e t e y T o r f e atLordy Ports, . P a L11: i E n i c t e - Shanghae itself might otherwise have fallen into the hands of the T • aetangs, thus nndoing all the work which Lord ELGIN had accomplished, and in flicting on Chinese commerce and Chinese pros perity the most serious and perhaps irreparable in jury. The Chinese are the very people to appreciate the value of commercial dealings. They are cautious and painstaking, and find it neces sary to exert all their industry to obtain support for their d ense population. Th ey are not Blow to appreciate and to realise the advantages opened up to them by their dealings with the West, and accordingly we find a large 1 11 11.11 IJ V 1.11 A.l - 7 amount entered under the head of re-exports ! from Shanghae—goods which have been brought to that port as an entrepot, to be thence forwarded to other ports of China and Japan. The native boats rave an advantage over European vessels in being able to visit any of the ports, and the Chinese natu rally avail themselves of this power to a large ex tent. The report of the trade of the port of Swatow during the last year, made by the British Consul, Mr CAINE, confirms the favourable impression made by the Shanghae returns, The shipping returns for 1863 show an increase of 75 in the number of British vessels enter the port, with an additional tonnage of 30,123, while there was an increase of 83 in the number of vessels leaving with cargo. In the foreign shipping there is also a large increase ; greater, indeed, in propor tion, than that in the British, but the coast trade in steamers is still entirely in British hands. The valua of the import trade of Swatow during 1863 shows an increase of half a million over the pre vious year, the principal item in the increase being beancake ; while the excess in the exports, which amounts to more than £BO,OOO, is principally owing to sugar and tobacco. The total value of the trade of Swatow, exclusive of the native trade in native vessels, is estimated at more than two millions and a half sterling, being considerably more than half a million in excess of the former year. In communi cating this fact the Consul is anxious that the various disadvantages should be taken into account. The foreign merchants are denied access to the chief cities, certain powerful village clans claim heavy dues on all goods sent inland, and the internal state of the country is anything but tranquil. • The trade between Swatow and Singapore has also been almost entirely suspended by the exactions of the Chinese officials, and the extortionate demands of the villagers. The Singapore vessels are, there fore, compelled to resort to the expedient of dis charging their cargoes into lorchas at Hong Kong, so that these lorchss, being native owned, can choose their own market and select some less grasp ing and extortionate port. The state of our trade with China is, therefore, highly satisfactory, and there seems little ground for the discontent and uneasiness expressed by some honourable members, who averred we had spent blood and treasure in enforcing unprofitable treaties. The opening of such channels for commerce may tend, we may hope, to the gradual civilisation of the Chinese, and to tranquilizing their internal provinces. When it is clearly ascertained by experience that peace is more profitable than war or rebellion, all parties will soon discover that their inclinations correspond with their interests. Naval and Military Intelligence, Her Majesty's paddle sloop Basilisfr, 6, 1,031 tons and 400 horse power, built at 'Woolwich in 1846, to carry out the contest for superiority between the paddle and the screw in competition with the sister screwship Niger, was yesterday received in basin at Woolwich, to be supplied with her engines. The Basilisk has undergone a thorough repair at Deptford yard, at a cost of, it is said, about £lO,OOO. She was built at the same time as the Niger in Woolwich Dockyard, after the designs and under the superin tendence of Mr Oliver Lang, the master shipwright of the yard at the time. After receiving her engines at Woolwich she will be despatched to Sheerness to be refitted for sea. The War Department steamship Bilaklava, Pellatt commander, has arrived at Woolwich Arsenal from Cork ) laden with condemned war stores, and commenced dis charging yesterday, The Lord Panmure, War Department steamer, Mr Moore commander, has sailed from Woolwich Arsenal for Portsmouth and Devonport, laden with guns, shot, shell, and other war materials, and will reload from Devon port, on her return to Woolwich with condemned ord nance, &c. Major.-Gen. E. C. Warde, C. 8., Commandant at Wool wich, yesterday commenced his half-yearly visitation of the garrison troops. The whole of the 4th Division Depot Brigade and the 4th Brigade Royal Artillery mustered on Woolwich-common at 10 a.m., in marching order, and un derwent a most careful examination, it being the General's first general inspection since his recent appointment in suc cession to Gen. Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.8., the late Com mandant. This morning the General will inspect three batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery, in command of Col, the Hon. E. T. Gage, Major D. S. Greene, and Major L. G. Paget. The troops will assemble in mounted order at 10 this morning. The General will be accompluied by Brigade Major Hay, Captain Nangle, De,;,aty-Assist.• Quartermaster-General ; Capt. Williams Aide-de-camp, and other officers. In addition to the 100• pounder str.oothbore 6/-ton wrought iron guns with which the iror,clads Northumberland, 26, 6,621 tons, 1,350 horse powe' z ; the Agincourt, 26, 6,621 tons, 1,350 horse power : and *.he Minotaur, 26, 6,621 tons, 1,350 horse power, are to b'a armed, a notification has been re ceived at the Ordnance establishment, Chatham, that each of the above vessels will also carry four of the 300 pounder 12-ton rifled Armstrong guns, and the necessary gun plates and curbiv. i g are now being prepared for this description of guns at the Royal Gun Factory. The armament for the sister ironclad frigate Achilles, 20, 6,126 tons, 1,250 horse power, will, according to existing arrangenients, consist ex clusively of the 110-pcunder Armstrongs and the 100- pounder smoothbore; no arrangements having been made on board for supplying her with any of the 300-pounder guns. The works which have been in progress at Chatham for the last two years for the extension of the Royal Marine establishments at that port will, when completed, furnish accommodation for nearly double the number of officers and men for whom quarters are now furnished, and at the same time prevent the great inconvenience which has so long been felt of quartering several hundred of the non- commissioned officers and men in the infantry barracks at Chatham with the troops of the line. The extension build ings, which are now under construction, include an addi tional south wing to the existing Royal Marine barracks, together with an enlargement to about, double their present size of the main or centre barracks. The latter buildings extend to a length of 253 ft by '..)Oft in depth, and contain 38 additional barrack-rooms, rsach 46ft in length by 21ft 6in. wide and 10ft high, ar,a as the ordinary number of men to be placed in each r'Jom is 17, the amount of space appor tioned to each he 600 cubic feet. This number of men to be quarteref, in each room can, however, at any time be in creased - without anything approaching to overcrowding beinr, the result, the several rooms being capable of afford ir,g ample accommodation for 25 men should occasion re quire it. This portion of the barracks also provides Tier ' tern for 16 non-commissioned officers. The south wing contains 12 blocks or rooms, of the same dimensions as those in the other part of the building ; but, in addition, this portion of the barracks will bo furnished with a colon nade, running its entire length, and of sufficient width and dimensions to allow of its being used by the men quartered in the rooms for purposes of exercise during unfavourable weather. The various offices cotlnected with the command ant's, adjutant's quartermr,.ster's, barrackmaster's, pay master's, and other depPAments, will be placed in the new blocks of buildings, which are fitted with the necessary requirements e . -. )nnecte d w i t h each of those b ranc h es o f the Royal I Amine servios. In order, at the same time, to aur;atent the area of the existing parade-ground, the praent offices at the entrance gates, together with the grand division offices, field-officers' quarters, and sub alterns' quarters will all be demolished, and the parade ground lengthened by 160 feet. Under this arrangement will be necessary to erect additional buildings for both officers and subalters, and accordingly the Admiralty have sanctioned the taking in of a portion of the dockyard, on which will be placed a handsome and commodious block of buildings for both the field and junior officers, together with a suitable drillshed, fencing rooms, &c. The proposed quarters will occupy the site of the house hitherto appro priated as the residence of the master ropemaker, which is now in course of demolition, and a suitable house for that official will be erected in another part of the dockyard, near the entrance gates. The range of buildings now occupied by the Royal Marine officers at the opposite end of the bar racks will also be very considerably enlarged and improved. The whole ut the extensive worki and alterations are being effected under the superintendence el Mr Davis, the Admi ralty clerk of Works, from the designs of Mr W. Scamp, the Deputy-Director of Admiralty Works, the execution of the undertaking being under the immediate superintendence of Mr Rivers, the resident official at Chatham Dockyard. MISSING SHIP.—The Gartoraig, from London for Quebec, arrived in the Downs on the 2d of April, end has not since been Loud of. • BARON ROTHSCHILD'S POLITE SARCASM.—The following story is going the round of Paris :—A small German baron had occasion, as it seems, to see Baron Rothschild, of Frankfort. The great financier was writing away for very lifo when Baron X. was announced. He did not even lift his eyes, but said Take a chair, sir." The baron, with true German touchiness about titles, said " Sir, indeed. I thi n k M. le Baron did not hear my name. lam a baro n a l so — the Baron X. " " Ah ! a thousand pardons, " said "you are a baron—take two chairs, the bank e r, s till wr i t i ng; airs, then, if you will be so kind, and wait till I have thiehecl this letter," THE ACE. Its Wonders of Vegetation , Apropos to the magnificent show of Autumnal Fruit and Flowers, yesterday blooming in a long line down the centre of the nave of the Crystal Palace, and still on View there, this day (Thurs day), it cannot but be deemed appropriate to glance at some, et least, among the more remarkable of the many marvels of vegetation, permanently adorn ing that noblest hot-house is the world. First of all, however, in regard to this Fruit and Flower Show of to-day and yesterday. Fortunately, after many threatenings, the weather held up suffi ciently yesterday to enable more than 10,000 people not only to enjoy the seasonable exhibition within doors, but a lengthened saunter, about the grounds and gardens of the Palace, afterwards. By general admission, the Fruit and Flower Show itself was regarded by those ten thousand visitors, and with reason, as the very finest of the whole year. Lovelier autumn fruit and flowers could hardly by possibility, one would think, have been gathered together. Some amongst them, indeed—those exhibited, of course, by the chief prizeholders (for the awards appeared to us to have been most accurately given)—were just the nearest possible approach to perfection. Such dark. flushed, glossy nectarines—such large luscious peaches, blushing through their natural pearl-powder —such yellowing blobs of pears piled up in succw. lent, unshapely pyramids—apples, some of them, pulled one might think from the trees of Brobding nag—bunches of grapes, purple and white, that the Israelites might have borne back as samples from the Land of Milk and Honey to their brethren waiting for news of it on the margin of the Desert—plume golden and blue — melons green-fleshed and red-fleshed—cucumbers that the Brave Courier (familiar to the readers of Pictures from Italy) might have brandished in a sort of triumph, before slicing up for his refection ! And—together with these—lengthening out in " gorgeous array" along the exhibition-tables in the opposite direction (the Fruit to the North, the Flowers to the South)—such a profusion of autumnal blossoms ! Hollyhocks of every imaginable hue, from funereal black to creamy white ! Dahlias, also presenting to view a very rainbow of colours—each dahlia an immense boss of quilled leaves, perfect in every way, save ing in one, its lack of perfume! Verbenas and asters—roses, azaleas, and gandioli. Here the very choicest callings from the autumnal basket of Flora—there the very pick from Pomona's orchards and southern-walls.! The fruit has in one sense for us an especial interest this par• tinier autumn—remembering, as we do, with a pang of regret, how recently we Eng lish have lost from] the World of Art (not of bigii art, we will admit, but of a very delicious art, nevertheless) the two noblest Fruit Painters that ever lived—one a consummate fruit painter in water colours, the other a consummate fruit painter in oil—George Lance and William Hunt. Yesterday and to-day, each of them, had they been still living, might have found an exquisite, an almost bewilder ing choice of subjects in the display of fruit squan dered, there, along the exhibition-tables of the Crystal Palace, a display rendering that fairy edifice for a while, in its way, a very cornucopeia. And around this goodly show of the perishable fruits and flowers of the passing season—there, within the glass walls and under the glass arches of the lengthened nave and the lofty transepts — how many, are there not, of far more lasting beauties or marvels (sometimes both in one) of every variety of vegetation ! Confronting (appropriately) the colossal figures seated at the western extremity of the North Transept, for example—confronting those huge Egyptian figures at the opposite, that is at the eastern, extremity of that tran sept the Mammoth Tree from California ! A stupendous tree—or at least a mere portion of the trunk of it—so much of it as could stand erect under an arched roof of 104 feet high—the branches of this might, product of nature only—at that altitude — beginning ! A Californian Tree—the Wellingtonia Gigantica, or some such title—and' how old do you think ? Upwards of Three Thousand Years of age! And there, hard by, as if to keep in countee nance that venerable bole—(one from an awful grove of the like dimensions found growing in California)—there, hard by, as if to keep it in countenance among so many surrounding juve niles and pigmies of vegetation—wonderfully lesser in bulk, but at the same time, if possible, yet more ancient-looking than the Mammoth Tree itself —two of those extraordinary plants—gnarled, misshapen blocks of wood, they look like, plants called, however, not inaptly from the general aspect of them—Elephant's Foot! Ex ceptional wonders of the vegetable kingdom, these —how old, again, think you ? Why, again, like the Mammoth Tree itself Three Thousand Years of age. These two specimens of Eke phant's Foot, being the largest specimens of the plant ever imported to this country from the Cape of Good Hope, the land where they flourish indigen ously. Apart, completely, however, from these rarer phenomena of nature—around us as we traverse the spacious floor of that radiant Palace of Glass at Sydenham—blooming in tubs, sprouting (some of them) to all appearance from between the planking of the floor of nave or transept, clambering up the iron pillars, festooning the arched roof from gallery to gallery, dangling from suspended baskets. float ing broad-leafed, silver-blossomed, blue blossomed, golden-blossomed, upon the surface of the pools of water round the in-door fountains what a lavish squandering about, is there not here, of vegetation both native and tropical ! Yon. der, distinguishable among the water-lilies, pre-eminent among them all, as, in truth, alone befits the name of it—the Victoria Begia—with its gorgeous flowers and its floating green leaves of enormous circumference ! Yonder, again, among the green-tubbed orange and pomegranate trees — the unrivalled collection formerly belonging to the Orleans family, once upon a time collected together from their various palaces to adorn the pet palace among them all during the reign of LOUIS PHILIPPE, the palace at Neuilly— but eventually bought up (during the sale of the Orleans Property) by the Crystal Pala ce Company, to the very great chagrin and disapp ointment, as was well known at the time, of his Im p erial Mae jesty NAPOLEON 111. Several among this match less collection of orange and pomegranate trees, being as many as—four hundred years of age ! Clauts bering fuschias, such as those now flourishing in the Crystal Palace, might be looked for vainly else where—interwoven pillars of greenery, as they are, dazzling with their profusion of pendant blossoms, fairy bells of red, and white, and purple ! Into the lap of Homer, as we passed by the seated statue of him yesterd a y —his blin d eyes gazing upwards, the fingers of his ri ght hand straying along the strings of his lyre—had fallen .--- one of those delicate fuschia blossoms. Creepers of every variety' among them the Bigno nia, the Westeria and the Tacsonia give more than merely promise of transforming the in terior of the Crystal Palac© into a very bower of blooms and verdure--their exquisite work to that end being already partly accomplished. Hither and thither, about the interior of the Palace, are distributed, apparently with a random hand, but evidently, when the general Effect comes to be examined more miuutely, with rare evidence of artistic taste and judgment, the choicest selections from the very finest specimens of richly Efflo rescent plants like the azalea, the camellia, and the rhododendron. Ft athering palms and solid-leaved, bristling aloes—the former comprising among them the lofty and graceful coco pinmosa —pines and indian-rubber plants—olives, myrtles, and cypresses —vegetation, in fact, of every hue, and shape, and dimension, alike exotic and native, drape and adorn with eternal verdure and perennial c lihrescencc, the lovely interior of the English People's Garden. House. THE CHANNEL FLEET.—On Monday night, about twelve o'clock, the merchantmen in the Channel off Plymouth were startled by hearing loud firing, which was occasioned by Admiral Dacres having ordered the whole of the ships forming the Channel squadron to beat to quarters and open blank fire. Although the orders were given at midnight, every man was at his post and the decks cleared for action in six minutes after the order had been telegraphed to tha various ships. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. The Marquis di Rivera has boen appointed Spanish Minister to the Court of the Emperor Maximilian. The Iberia censures the proceedings of the French Government towards Mexican prisoners. AUSTRIA AND THE :ZOLLVEREIN. BERLIN, SEPT. 8, The semi-official Provinzial Correspondenz of to day state that commercial negotiations with Austria will probably commence next week, and says :-- "The basis and point of departure for the nego- tiations, nn the part of Prussia, are solely the position with reference to her commercial policy which Prussia has acquired by the treaty of com merce with France, and by the newly-established Zollverein upon the basis of that treaty. "It is quite impossible that this position should be abandoned. The question entirely centres in finding means to bring about a closer and more beneficial connection between Austria and the Zollverein." ITALY. TURIN, SEPT. 8. The anniversary of Garibaldi's entry into Naples and the expulsion of the Bourbons has been ceie• brated by a brilliant fete in that city. Advices received here from Palermo announce that four ;English war vessels, under the flag of a Rear• Admiral, had arrived there, and were to sail on Saturday for Catania and Naples. FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. S. Marshal Macmahon has been appointed Governor of Algeria. General Martinprtz has been nominated Senator. The Empress of the French left St. Cloud last evening for Germany by the Eastern Railway, pro ceediOg to S walbach, in the Duchy of Nassau. The Empress Eagenie, who intends to preserve the strictest incognito, is accompanied by the Countess de Labedoycre, the Countess de la Pone, Mdlle. Bouvet, Admiral Jurien de la Graviere, the Mar• quis de Caux, and Count de Cosse•Brissac. It is said that her Majesty is to remain there a month taking the waters. Prince Humbert passed the day before yesterday at St. Germain-en-Laye, in company with Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde, the whole party returning to the Paleis Royal in the evening. The tidal train from Boulogne was delayed about about an hour the night before last by an accident, fortunately of no great importance. A train pro ceeding from Paris, on arriving at the Amiens sta• tion, ran into a goods train, which by some inad vertency had been left on the line. Some of the passengers received contusions, and a soldier was so much bruised as to necessitate his being taken to the hospital The engine driver was also hurt, but not so badly as to prevent his going on with the train. It took an hour to clear away the broken carriages and parcels of goods scattered about. The hereditary Grand Duke of Russia (says the Moniteur du Soir) whose arrival at Copenhagen on the 31st ult. has been announced, received on the same day a visit from the Prince Royal of Denmark, at the Russian Legation. His Imperial Highness passed the evening in visiting the city, and on the following morning went to the Chateau of Fren deneborg to see the King and Queen, BOURSE, Sept. 7.—The market has been firm, Threes, for the Account, being unvaried at 66fr. 65e. Mobilier have slightly receded, the present price is 1,003 fr. 75e. Railway Shares quiet, but previous quotations have been in general pretty well maintained. The market became rather firmer towards the close, and lef 4t per Cents. 92 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month..., 66 70 Credit Alobiller 1005 Do, end month 1008 75 Bank Shares 3390 off as follows : Italian Loan 67 25 Do. end month 67 40 Ditto Threes .. 43 New Mexican .... 56 50 iosslan Austrian S'panieh Threes 49 50 Home Debt Deferred Credit Foncier l2lO Roman BLILWAY9. Cash. Account. Orleans _ 896 25 .. 900 Northern 9BO -- .. 982 50 Lyons and kieditcrranean 917 50 .. 921 25 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian ..... ... 346 25 .. 345 Austrian Lombard 538 75 .. 545 North of Spain Saragossa 476 25 .. 480 Ditto to Barcelona RAILW, :GENCE, GREAT WESTERN. Yesterday afternoon the half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at the Station, Paddington ; Mr. Richard Potter, the chairman of the board of directors, pre• siding. The report, the main portion of which have been published, was taken as read. The Chairman moved its adoption. He remarked generally on the capital account, which had increased by the sum of £121,900. The details would be found in the . statement which was in the bands of the shareholders. The capital of the Newport line had been increased by £18,400, that amount having been spent in the completion of the Aberdare branch. He was aware that some disappointment had been felt by the share holders in the Newport section, in conse quence of the smallness of their dividend, but the increase in the capital account explained that circumstance. The company were now running 1,205 miles of line. At this time last year the number of miles was 1,157. The traffic of the line had been most satisfactory, for, although it had not increased in the same ratio as the London and NortheWestern, the Lancashire and Yorkshire, or the Midland, it must be remembered that the Great Western traffic did not suffer in 1863 from the de pression of trade in Lancashire, as those lines did. The removal of the trade in those districts had given an exceptional impetus to the traffic of the lines connected with them. He might remark that th© amount which had been received from the sale of the " Metropolitan" shares, some eight or nine months ago, had not been added to revenue, but had been placed as a reserve in the Great Western section, and would be available for closing small sectional accounts that might be necessary. The same remark would apply to profits arising from the sale of a colliery in South Wales. The amount for which the colliery stood on their books would go to capital, which with the pre mium received would be carried to the reserve fund, to be used for fature purposes. The directors all felt that the prespects of • increase on the revenue were extremely satisfactory. The Chairman then dwelt at some length on what he termed the " foreign relations " of the company, and the battles which the company had had to fight during the last session of Parliament. He could not help saying that the company had suffered seriously in Parliament from the by-law of the company passed in February, 1863, and it was constantly held out to Parliament that the Great Western had pledged itself in opposition to all extensions. He suggested whether that by-law might not probably be re scinded. The directors had every confidence that in the course of two or three years they would be able to declare higher dividends. Mr. Fenton seconded the motion. After a few remarks from Mr. Adams, a somewhat discursive discussion took place on the accounts, after which the report was adopted. The chairman announced that after providing for allfixed and preference charges the balance of revenue will admit of the payment of the following divi dends.—At the rate of 3 per cent. per annum on Great Western Consolidated Stock, 2-1 on West Midland (Oxford) Consolidated Stock, 1-1 on West Midland (Newport) Consolidated Stock, 5 on West Midland (Hereford) Stock, and 3-1, on South Wales Consolidated Steck ; leaving a balance of £3 904 ss. sd. to be carried forward to the credit of the cur. rent half year. A resolution affirming these divi dends was agreed to.—A vote of thanks to the Chairman and Directors closed the business of the meeting: SPAIN• A Madrid letter of the 3d says :—"' M. Salaverria was in a great embarrassment yesterday, four capitalists having presented themselves at the de posit office to withdraw a sum of money amounting in all to 5,000,000 reels (1,000,000 francs). The Treasury was not in a position to meet this appli. cation, although the sum was payable on demand. An arrangement was come to, the parties agree ing to accord a period of 90 days for the payment. In certain regions, generahy well informed, a project of marriage between the young King of Bavaria and the Infanta Isabella, eldest daughter of the Queen, aged thirteen, is spoken of. The Spanish Bishop of Seo de Urgel, under whose pro tection is placed the small republic of Andorre, has just committed, during a pastoral visit, an act of intolerance which deserves being men tioned. Having learned that one of the inha bitants of the valley had in his library the greater part of the novels of the day, the prelate, with his attendants, entered the residence of the person 'in ques!ion, ordered the books to be put into sacks, and carried to an open square in the town. The inhabitants were then summoned, and the obnoxious volumes burnt in their presence by the bishop's own hand. The lottery brings annually a large sum into the public treasury, and the prizes are payable to bearer on the day following the draw ing. The Treasury has not yet, however, been able to pay the great prize of 60,000 piastres (300,000 f.), which was won at the commencement of July last by an inhabitant of Onedia. At the Ministry of War, preparations are being made to send a rein• forcemeat of 25,000 men to St. Domingo. The Southern Confederacy. A private letter from an English gentleman re siding in the Southern capital, contains the following : " Richmond, Va., Aug. 5.1854. " I observe, either by ' accident or design,' you do not say anything of ' the war.' Perhaps you are right ; but as my situation is different I need not Le so reticent. What the opinion or intention of the French and English may be at present I, of cour se, know not, but they may rely on it that eventualiy they will have to acknowledge" Southern independence,' and may wish, some day, they had not done it sooner. Eight millions of people, who have held their own' against such odds and ap pliances as have been brought to bear on them, cannot be subjugated. We all here have a sort of feeling that peace is not for off, but, on reasoning, no one cm tell why. As for the enrefirlence of the people in their rulers, the rn!ers in their army, and all in God and their just cause, it is unanimous and unbounded. At least 150,000 men are within 25 miles of us, panting for the licence to plunder,' which we know has been held out to them, yet a stranger would walk our city, and save the eight of a number of crippled soldiers, would scarcely see anything to denote the situation, Certainly on no one's face would he see the shadow of a fear. At our churches he would bee an unusual proportion of worshippers in black ; but on the countenances of those who had lost their nearest and dearest would he see noble resignation and firm deternaina* tion to endure all sooner than give up." Criminal Classes of Ireland. The Judicial Statistics of Ireland for the year 1863, just issued, comprise returns of a remarkable character. The criminal classes at large—the known thieves, receivers of stolen goods, prostitutes, suspected persons, vagrants, and tramps—are returned by the police at `22,290; in England and Wales the return was 126,136. As the population of Ireland is to that of England and Wales about as 1 to 3.7, these numbers imply that in equal populations there aie above 34,000 of the criminal classes in England to 22,290 in Ireland ; the criminal classes aro 1 in 260 of the population of Ireland, but lin 159 in England. The number of known thieves in Ireland is returned at 3,254, being less than half the number in an equal population in England ; and the number under 16 years of age is lees than a third of the English return, The suspected persons in Ireland also-4,43 B—are little more than half the number found among as many people in England. The return cf the number ot prostitutes is less than half the number in an equal population of England, and the number under 15 is only one-eighth of the English return ; the number of brothels-657—is little more than a third of the corresponding English return. On the other hand, the receivers of stolen goods in Ireland-1,233--are more numerous than in a like amount of population in England ; and the number of vagrants and tramps is very great-9,900 to 8,968 in an equal English population. The young vagrants are especially in excess in Ireiand-3,399 to every 1,075 in England ; but there are no Industrial Schools to receive them in Ireland, and to some extent the number of vagrants and tramps is overstated in Ireland, owing to a less exact method of enumeration than in Eng land, It must be borne in mind that this is the first year of collecting these statistics in Ireland, and that they had to be collected retrospectively, so that the books of the different officers had not been kept with any view of furnishing the information required. The greater number of large towns in England is also to be considered. It is remarkable that in Dublin the criminal class is returned as 1 in 137, and in London as only 1 in 243, and the prostitutes are returned as lis 341 in Dublin, and only lin 576 in London. In order to ascertain the entire number of the criminal classes it is necessary to add to those who are at large at any time those also who are in confinement ; this will give a total of 27,452 for Ireland in the year 1863, and for an equal portion of the population of England 41,995. The total number of houses of bad character in an equal number of population is rather greater in Ireland than in England ; the number of tramps' lodging-houses approaching double the number for a like population in England. But, while the number of the criminal classes appears to be so much less in Ireland than in England, the number of offences committed is greater, and in some respects the year 1863 contrasts unfavourably with 1862. There was a decrease in the murders from 41 to 22, but several serious crimes increased—sending letters threatening to murder, from 10 to 22 ; shooting at or stab bing, from 65 to 107 ; holding forcible possession of land . from 83 to 135. The excess in Ireland over England, how ever, was mainly in offences which are not of a serious cha racter. More than twice as many charges were determined summarily in Ireland as in an equal population in England. More than 60,000 of these were charges of drunkenness or being drunk and disorderly; there were little more than 25,000 ot such charges in an equal population in Eng lend. A similar excess appears in charges under the highway ;acts. The punishments also indicate that a larger proportion of the offences in Ireland were of a less serious character than in England—the proportion sentenced to whipping, among the whole number convicted, was 14 times as many in England as in Ireland, and seven times as many were imprisoned above three months. The cases of murder and attempts to murder were 175 in Ireland in 1863, a much smaller proportion to population than in Eng land ; but the malicious offences against property were more than four times as many as in an equal population of Eng land, and assaults (the special failing of the country) ex ceeded the number in England iu a proportion much beyond this. Of the persons tried at assizes and quarter ECSSiOIIS the proportion acquitted (46 per cent.), was twice as great as in England. It is remarkable that the committals of the Irish in England are considerably more than twice as many as among a like number of the population in Ireland. The average proportion of police to population is more than twice as great in Ireland as it is in England. MIXED PUNCII.—Last week, Mr Punch received a sensation. The Times published a letter, to which were appendoi some lines, headed " Prison Verses," These the correspondent stated to have been found on a prisoner in a certain gaol. A glance at tho verses, which are ex cessively clever, as 21/r Tunas next words will prove, showed him that they, were his own. They adorned his columns a few years ago, and are an improvement upon Dr Watst' poem, 6 ' Whereler I take my walks abroad," Ills' lunch's sensation, however, was not one of pride— quite the reverse. He WaS filled with sorrow that a man who could and did read _notch, should not have been pre served from error, and should have behaved so evilly as to deserve imprisonment. As illrranch moodily brooded over this fact, he looked at the verses again, and to his partial sa~isfaction found that some of them had been altered and debased. The criminal had rtudied them from en impure edition. This, of cortrae, removes all blame from Mr. P un ch. It a doctor prescribes a drug, and that drug be administered in an adulterated form, it is not his fault if the patient continues ill. litr ranch has rent to the governor of the gaol a correct copy, to be given to the prisoner when his sentence shall have expired, and no doubt his reforma tion will then be complete.—Turich , CLAIMS FOR INJURIES IN THE BELFAST RIOTS.— - _ A local paper states that the sum claimed as presentments for injuries sustained by wrecking in the late riots amounts to between .£9, ( j00 and £lO,OOO. According to the custom of the grand jury in such cases, the amounts granted will be levied off the barony of Lower Belfast, and as the grand jurors have the power of defining the district, this large sum may be assessed on the parish of bhanichill, in which the town of Belfast is situated, -7: if 61111 Ortillbt HER MAJESTY, BALMORAL, Sept. 6. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, drove out yesterday afternoon. The Duke of Saxe Coburg went out deer stalking The Prince and. Princess of Wales in Denmark. EIIINEUR, Sept. 6, 1,30 p.m. The Prince and Princess of Wales landed here c-day at a little before one o'clock, and with a hearty and right royal welcome. Any apprehen sions which had been entertained on this score, on account of recent untoward events, were completely dispelled, This generous people forgot all past differences and griefs in the feelings of loyalty towards their Sovereign, and of hospitality to strangers visiting their shores, for which they are proverbial. From break of day the whole popula tion of this ancient royal residence, about 8,000 in number, were up and busy making preparations for the reception of the illustrious visitors. The quay was decorated with festoons of flowers and sever" greens, and flags of all nations, those of Austria and Prussia excepted. The ships in the harbour were profusely dressed out with bunting. At the en 4 trance to the principal street was a triumphal arch, bearing the word "Welcome," the initials "A. E. A.," and the Prince of Wales's feather, surmounted by a trophy of the Danish and English flags. All along the street was decorated after the same fashion. At four this morning a Danish man of-war and her Majesty's steamship Aurora went down to the Cattegat to meet the Osborne, which was accompanied by two other steamships. Ten or twelve Danish men-of-war were anchored off the harbour. The King and Queen of Denmark and the Princess Dagmar arrived in an open carriage and four, accompanied by a numerous suite, a little after ten, and proceeded to the picturesque old Castle of the Wort to await the arrival of their relatives and guests. At twelve o'clock the guns of Cronborg announced the arrival of the fleet in the roads, then a salute was fired by all the Danish ships, whose yards were manned. The band on shore now played the "Danish Hymn," and afterwards " God save the Queen," as the Osborne steamed majestic tally into the little harbour. " Rule Britannia" followed, the cheering on all sides being enthusi astic. Nearly three quarters of an hour were men ' pied in bringing the steamer to her moorings, L during which time the King, Queen, and Princess were put on board the yacht in a boat. Then the Danish standard was hoisted at the main. The weather hitherto had been fine but threatening, and there was a slight shower just before the royal party landed. The band on board, previous to the laud ing, returned the compliment of the military band on shore by playing the "Danish Hymn." The Prince of Wales first stepped across the gangway, which was covered with crimson cloth and strewed with flowers, the Queen of Denmark resting on his arm. The King of Denmark followed, giving his arm to the Princess of Wales, Next came the Princess Dagmar, and then the royal infant, who, in his nurse's arms,was the object of much interest, although, unfortunately, asleep, and his face hidden from view. The cheering was now renewed with increased intensity, amidst the booming of a hun' dud cannon; the burgomaster read an address, after which there was another burst Qf loud hurrahs, After this the choral societies of the town sang " God save the Queen," which had been translated into Danish for this occasion. The royal party then withdrew to Cronborg, where luncheon was pre• pared, and afterwards proceeded to Fredensborg, where they are to sojourn during their stay in this courltry. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster will leave Motcomb House. on Monday next, for Scotland, on a visit to Sir Michael and Lady Octavio. Shaw Stewart. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricaxdo have arrived at Baden Baden, from Homburg. The Earl Cadogan lies seriously ill at the family mansion in Piccadilly, and but slight hopes are entertained of his recovery. Lord Crewe left town yesterday for his seat, Crewe Hall, Cheshire, where his lordship will receive company. Lord Richard Grosvenor has arrived at Dunrobin Castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. Baron and Baroness Meyer de Rothschild have arrived in town from the Continent. MURDERS ON BOARD AN IRISH EMIGRANT SHIP. ---We (Freeman's Journal) take the following distressing account of a double murder from the Philadelphia Inquirer of the 19,h ult. :—" The ship Lady Emily Peel, Capt. Jas. Danny, arrived at this port on 'Wednesday night, from Lon donderry, with cargo of pig iron and 314 emigrant passen gers. During the passage two of the female emigrants got into a fight, during which one of them received injuries of such a serious character as to cause her death. Another fight occurred yesterday between the crew, during which one stabbed another, killing him instantly. The vessel was hauled into one of the wharves above Race-street, and during the morning some six or eight of the crew indulged rather freely in drink. Subsequently two of them, named D iugherty and M'Keever, returned to the ship, when a difficulty sprang up, and a new general row ensued. Joseph M.'Master, the boatswain, a quiet inoffensive man, in endeavouring to quell the ,disturbance, became in volved, and was attacked by ld'Keeve,r, and a third man named John Gallagher, also one of the participants in the first quarrel. M'Master, a powerful man, wit fast getting the better of his adversaries, when M'Keever drew a large sheath-knife from his belt, such as are carried by seamen, and plunged it into M`Master't neck. The blade entered under the left ear, penetrating one and a half inches, cutting the jugular vein and carotid artery, The blood gushed out in toarents, and the injured man fell to the deck without uttering a word. M'Keever who was excited, missed his step and fell, the some weapon with which he had committed the murder entering his righ thigh, inflicting a frightful wound, which bled profusely The deck of the vessel was by this time :one mass of clotte blood, and the greatest excitement and consternatio.a pre veiled among the some 100 or 200 emigrants male an , female, who were yet on board, M'Keever was rendere helpless from the loss of blood and was picked up and take to the hospital. He also received during the fight a sever cut over the left ear. Tieing stupefied with liquor, the pr( cise nature of his wounds cannot be ascertained v.ntil tc day, although they are of a very serious character, a rid ma prove fatal. The murdered man was a native of - )3elfas Ireland, and aged about 35 years. His murderer is a aratii of Derry county, Ireland, and aged only 21 years. T 1 affair was at once communicated to the police authoritie Lieutmant Bowers, with a large force of men, was soon c board, and arrested nearly all the crew. to await the Testi of the coroner's investigation. THE LATE FLOGGING OF GAROTTERS AT KIRI DALE.—During the past week two of the three me who were recently flogged at Kirkdale gaol wero remove to the p r ison where they are to undergo the remainder of their term of penal servitude. It may serve as a •warnir to others to state the effect the flogging had on the culprit The first two were Sharples and Smith, the former of who had been sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude, with lashes, and the latter to 12 years and 18 lashes, for havin with three others, garotted Mr Lawrence, in Glarenc street, on the night of the 9th June. Sharples seems have been the strongest, as he was able to bear e who of his stripes; but we understand that he has sine been a bad state, and has told his friends that Ile would soon have his period doubled than be flogged, as it was dreadti Smith fainted while undergoing his punishment, and w taken to the hospital, where it is said he still retarrins. T other man, William Courtnay, who was sentenced to t years' imprisonment, with 12 lashes of the cat, for havin i n com p a ny with others, garotted a young man nam Cooper, in Scotland - road, on the 25th July, fainted wh he had received about halt' the number of lashes, and w taken to the hospital, but he has since been remoN ed. Leeds Mercury. Loss OF A LIVERPOOL SlllP.—lntelligen reached Liverpool yesterday of the loss of the al] Sea Park, and that the ship's longboat is missing witl portion of the crew. The Sea Pack, a vessel of 744 tons, built at South Shields in 1845, and she was the property Messrs. llargrovo, Fergusson, and Co., of Chapel-stre in this town. She was commanded by Captain W. 1 3 ' and on the 15th of April last sailed from Cardiff for Call On the 13th of July she foundered at sea in lat. 25 deg. sec. south, long. 40 deg. 58 sec. west. The crew took to I boats. The longboat,which is missing, contained the f lowing persons : Capt. W. Bell; Wm. Gambles, carp ( ter ; Peter Radford, steward ; James Rush, cook ; Hutchinson, able seaman ; John Bourke, ordinary seam ( The portion of the crew which got into the pinnace land at Rio Janeiro, and were thence forwarded by the Ito: West India Mail Steampacket Company's steamer Oriel to Southampton. They arrived yesterday in Livers? The Sea Park was insured with the Liverpool aria' sc rita's Association.